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Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers

ED Surge

That shortage has become so desperate at times that state governments have even started letting their employees take paid time off to plug in the holes in missing staff, in an effort to keep schools from shuttering in-person learning. Schools across the country are dealing with a severe teacher shortage.

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How Can Teachers Prepare Students for an AI-Driven Future?

ED Surge

I appreciated having the flexibility to say, I'm super swamped this first week back at school and don’t have time in the evenings; I'm just going to sit down and do this on Sunday when I'm doing my lesson planning. In government class the other day, we used AI to gather background information on past political parties.

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OPINION: America should learn from Europe and adopt tougher regulations on artificial intelligence

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The data generated helps educators tailor their lesson plans and instruction. When it comes to AI, we can’t afford the same wait-and-see approach many governments took to regulating social media. I now also chair Ireland’s first A.I. Can teachers review and override the data your product generates?

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

ED Surge

It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education.

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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

ED Surge

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. The update is meant to expand access by spelling out specific technical standards government entities must follow. It will mean they have to act fast.

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Teachers Aren't Getting Enough Training on Technology. It’s a Global Problem.

ED Surge

Governments and development organizations have financed material distribution without similar investments in training educators on how, when and why to use these tools. Rwanda, an African edtech leader, plowed on with the (formerly) UN-backed One Laptop Per Child initiative without explaining how teachers should work with them.

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